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  1. North: PUDDLE

    splash in rain #puddles
    just like when I was little
    oh, innocent days!

    South: WHALE

    in the ocean home
    majestic #whale swims quickly
    a force of nature

    #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

  2. Some #paths are little more than #mudtracks and as it had rained heavily on the previous day, #puddles remained and the ground was quite muddy… Part of the fun of #hiking, I find, is getting a bit dirty in the process.

    #MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Spring

  3. In deep midsummer, the early-morning sunlight #puddles, golden-green, in the long grass in forest clearings. If you go there at the right hour, toting a pail or pitcher, you can collect some of that light. Take it home, put it in glass jars, store it some place dusty but with access to the sun--it's those thick, dust-gauze sunbeams that you're after; they're necessary for the fermentation process. Keep the jars in that location thru autumn. In winter: drink up.

    #wss366 #microfiction

  4. Some women have a hankering for #JimmyChoo #shoes. I've 4 pairs of #wellies🙂:
    1. #Posh wellies for #town
    2. Wellies with a #hiking #boot top (#cold, #wet and #muddy)
    3. . Ankle-length wellies (cut-down when #child #outgrew them - good for down the# garden)
    4. Glo-in-dark skulls wellies (post halloween sale item - good when the #puddles are deeper & it's #flooded again at the bottom of the hill).
    Then there's the #HikingBoot line-up😅 😂 😂
    #rural #walking #hiking #weather #rain #snow #footwear

  5. #Fitzrovia locals complain that conflicting energies between the #BTTower & #UniversityOfWestminster are doing strange things to their neighbourhood.

    The scientists & engineers think that's ridiculous, they should just buy a pair of wellies!

    HTs #Reflections #TellingStories #lookDown #puddles #photography #london #StreetPhotography

  6. Reading Time: 3 minutes

    This Autumn is different because I have worn running, shoes, normal shoes, and Trail Glove 7 in the rain. I was very happy with the Trail Glove 7 during the entirety of the heat wave. I had no issues with them but now that we’re moving into winter I feel the need for shoes with greater ground clearance for when I walk through puddles, or streams of water running down roads while the rain falls.

    A few days ago I walked in a wet forest on a rainy day with the Trail Glove 7 and although I expected to feel that they were completely inappropriate I didn’t. I found that they felt comfortable when walking through scrub, on the stony path and when they were wet.

    These shoes will not protect you from thorns and other spikes. The base of the foot is safe but the top of the shoe is made of soft fabric that could be pierced. Despite this I didn’t feel as uncomfortable as I would have expected. In fact, I felt comfortable. I just had to be slightly more careful than usual, about where the top of my shoes scraped.

    Avoiding Deep Puddles

    The one unpleasant bit was when I was walking through deep puddles. Once or twice I felt the water rush into my shoes and wet my feet. It’s unpleasant for 20 seconds or so, until the water in contact with my feet warms up, and then it’s comfortable again.

    A big fuss is made about the need for shoes to be waterproof, and in the middle of winter it will be essential. but this Autumn I feel fine, so far.

    For years I have walked with waterproof shoes so I am in the habit of walking through deep puddles and I often experiment with their failure point and think “oups” as I feel water trickle into the shoes. With normal shoes puddles have to be several centimetres deep for water to run into the shoe. With barefoot shoes they need to be a few millimetres deep.

    Waterproof Shoes Collect Mud

    Although waterproof shoes are great in the rain they have one disadvantage. Their tread is excellent at collecting mud so although I have two pairs of shoes that are waterproof one is worn out and should be recycled and the other collects mud too easily and I think it’s at the limit of giving me blisters.

    If I could walk in the mud I would be less exposed to cars. If I was less exposed to walking by cars I would not have stopped walking two or three of my favourite routes. The most enjoyable walking period was during 2020, when, thanks to lock down, roads were almost empty of cars.

    Waterproof Shoes Dry Slower If They Get Wet

    The problem with waterproof shoes is that you need to help them dry, if the interior gets wet. With non-waterproof shoes, if they get wet, you wear them until you get home and by the time you take them off, after a short drive, they will be almost dry, and by the next morning they will be fully dry.

    I have got three pairs of shoes wet in recent weeks and I haven’t had to worry about drying any of them.

    And Finally

    I was pleasantly surprised to find that these shoes felt fine walking through the woods on a rainy day. I didn’t worry about the soles of my feet at all. I found that walking through scrub wasn’t more uncomfortable than with normal shoes. When rain falls vertically onto my shoes I don’t mind. It’s when I have to walk to the side of a path rather than straight through a puddle that I see the limitations of my barefoot shoes. In theory I could spend over one hundred and 50 francs to get waterproof barefoot shoes, but I can get normal waterproof shoes for 35 CHF. I have hiking boots for when it’s snowy and I have comfortable shoes for when it’s dry. It’s for Autumn and winter rain that I need to be responsible enough to wear cheap waterproof shoes.

    At this time of year, especially on rainy days, when you’re forced to walk in the grass by cars, it makes sense to wear waterproof shoes, to keep feet comfortable and dry. If walking paths existed between villages and towns, rather than walking along the road side, I wouldn’t need waterproof shoes.

    I could wear hiking boots but if I wear those, and I drag mud into the apartment building, neighbours will complain. I wear inappropriate shoes for the weather, because if they get muddy I can clean them in seconds, because we live in the age of drivers, and drivers never encounter mud.

    https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/trail-glove-7-in-autumn/

    #autumn #barefoot #cold #merrel #puddles #rainy #trailGlove7

  7. Reading Time: 3 minutes

    This Autumn is different because I have worn running, shoes, normal shoes, and Trail Glove 7 in the rain. I was very happy with the Trail Glove 7 during the entirety of the heat wave. I had no issues with them but now that we’re moving into winter I feel the need for shoes with greater ground clearance for when I walk through puddles, or streams of water running down roads while the rain falls.

    A few days ago I walked in a wet forest on a rainy day with the Trail Glove 7 and although I expected to feel that they were completely inappropriate I didn’t. I found that they felt comfortable when walking through scrub, on the stony path and when they were wet.

    These shoes will not protect you from thorns and other spikes. The base of the foot is safe but the top of the shoe is made of soft fabric that could be pierced. Despite this I didn’t feel as uncomfortable as I would have expected. In fact, I felt comfortable. I just had to be slightly more careful than usual, about where the top of my shoes scraped.

    Avoiding Deep Puddles

    The one unpleasant bit was when I was walking through deep puddles. Once or twice I felt the water rush into my shoes and wet my feet. It’s unpleasant for 20 seconds or so, until the water in contact with my feet warms up, and then it’s comfortable again.

    A big fuss is made about the need for shoes to be waterproof, and in the middle of winter it will be essential. but this Autumn I feel fine, so far.

    For years I have walked with waterproof shoes so I am in the habit of walking through deep puddles and I often experiment with their failure point and think “oups” as I feel water trickle into the shoes. With normal shoes puddles have to be several centimetres deep for water to run into the shoe. With barefoot shoes they need to be a few millimetres deep.

    Waterproof Shoes Collect Mud

    Although waterproof shoes are great in the rain they have one disadvantage. Their tread is excellent at collecting mud so although I have two pairs of shoes that are waterproof one is worn out and should be recycled and the other collects mud too easily and I think it’s at the limit of giving me blisters.

    If I could walk in the mud I would be less exposed to cars. If I was less exposed to walking by cars I would not have stopped walking two or three of my favourite routes. The most enjoyable walking period was during 2020, when, thanks to lock down, roads were almost empty of cars.

    Waterproof Shoes Dry Slower If They Get Wet

    The problem with waterproof shoes is that you need to help them dry, if the interior gets wet. With non-waterproof shoes, if they get wet, you wear them until you get home and by the time you take them off, after a short drive, they will be almost dry, and by the next morning they will be fully dry.

    I have got three pairs of shoes wet in recent weeks and I haven’t had to worry about drying any of them.

    And Finally

    I was pleasantly surprised to find that these shoes felt fine walking through the woods on a rainy day. I didn’t worry about the soles of my feet at all. I found that walking through scrub wasn’t more uncomfortable than with normal shoes. When rain falls vertically onto my shoes I don’t mind. It’s when I have to walk to the side of a path rather than straight through a puddle that I see the limitations of my barefoot shoes. In theory I could spend over one hundred and 50 francs to get waterproof barefoot shoes, but I can get normal waterproof shoes for 35 CHF. I have hiking boots for when it’s snowy and I have comfortable shoes for when it’s dry. It’s for Autumn and winter rain that I need to be responsible enough to wear cheap waterproof shoes.

    At this time of year, especially on rainy days, when you’re forced to walk in the grass by cars, it makes sense to wear waterproof shoes, to keep feet comfortable and dry. If walking paths existed between villages and towns, rather than walking along the road side, I wouldn’t need waterproof shoes.

    I could wear hiking boots but if I wear those, and I drag mud into the apartment building, neighbours will complain. I wear inappropriate shoes for the weather, because if they get muddy I can clean them in seconds, because we live in the age of drivers, and drivers never encounter mud.

    https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/trail-glove-7-in-autumn/

    #autumn #barefoot #cold #merrel #puddles #rainy #trailGlove7

  8. This pair of illustrations is from Splash!, one of more than a dozen titles in the My Naughty Little Sister and My Naughty Little Brother series of eBooks that I illustrated for Wordgate.

    #Rain #Puddles #Dog #CartoonDog #KidLit #KidsBooks #BookIllustration. #Illustration #Drawing #FediArt #MastoArt

  9. This pair of illustrations is from Splash!, one of more than a dozen titles in the My Naughty Little Sister and My Naughty Little Brother series of eBooks that I illustrated for Wordgate.

    #Rain #Puddles #Dog #CartoonDog #KidLit #KidsBooks #BookIllustration. #Illustration #Drawing #FediArt #MastoArt

  10. This pair of illustrations is from Splash!, one of more than a dozen titles in the My Naughty Little Sister and My Naughty Little Brother series of eBooks that I illustrated for Wordgate.

    #Rain #Puddles #Dog #CartoonDog #KidLit #KidsBooks #BookIllustration. #Illustration #Drawing #FediArt #MastoArt

  11. This pair of illustrations is from Splash!, one of more than a dozen titles in the My Naughty Little Sister and My Naughty Little Brother series of eBooks that I illustrated for Wordgate.

    #Rain #Puddles #Dog #CartoonDog #KidLit #KidsBooks #BookIllustration. #Illustration #Drawing #FediArt #MastoArt

  12. This pair of illustrations is from Splash!, one of more than a dozen titles in the My Naughty Little Sister and My Naughty Little Brother series of eBooks that I illustrated for Wordgate.

    #Rain #Puddles #Dog #CartoonDog #KidLit #KidsBooks #BookIllustration. #Illustration #Drawing #FediArt #MastoArt